Descriptive Reaction Kinetics

built-in reactions

Oregonator

complex chemical reaction

{A+Y→X,X+Y→P,B+X→2X+Z,2X→Q}

number of reaction steps

4

chemical species

{X,Y,Z}

number of chemical species

3

external species

{A,P,B,Q}

number of external species

4

complexes

{0,X,2X,Y,X+Y,2X+Z}

number of complexes

6

matrix of reactant

complex vectors (α)

0	1	1	2
1	1	0	0
0	0	0	0

matrix of product

complex vectors (β)

1	0	2	0
0	0	0	0
0	0	1	0

stoichiometric matrix (γ)

1	-1	1	-2
-1	-1	0	0
0	0	1	0

induced mass action kinetic

differential equations

(CCD model)

′

c

X

(t)-

k

2

c

X

(t)

c

Y

(t)-2

k

4

2

c

X

(t)

+

k

3

c

X

(t)+

k

1

c

Y

(t)

′

c

Y

(t)-

k

2

c

X

(t)

c

Y

(t)-

k

1

c

Y

(t)

′

c

Z

(t)

k

3

c

X

(t)

This Demonstration gives a very short description of the abstract ideas of reaction kinetics: the reactant and product complexes, the corresponding complex vectors and matrices, the stoichiometric matrix, and a deterministic model of the formal reaction mechanism, namely the induced mass action kinetic differential equation.